March 30, 2010

FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University men's tennis team fell to Liberty University 5-2 on Tuesday afternoon on Lancer Courts in Farmville. Freshman Marc Ferrigno/Hvidovre, Denmark (Brondby Gymnasium) and sophomore Nobu Tanaka/Potomac, Md. (St. Johns College HS) won singles matches. The Lancers (5-8) return to action on Friday, April 2, when they travel to Cary, North Carolina, to take on Mount Olive College and North Carolina Central University.

In singles action, Ferrigno won at #1 (0-6, 6-2, 7-5) and Tanaka won at #2 (6-1, 1-6, 6-1). Freshman Bruno Orlandini/Araraquara, Brazil (E.E.B.A Araraquara) fell at #3 (0-6, 4-6), senior Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown) lost at #4 (5-7, 6-3, 14-16), senior David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) fell at #5 (6-3, 5-7, 4-6) and freshman Adham Halabi/Beamsville, Canada (Niagara Academy) lost at #6 (6-1, 3-6, 3-6).

In doubles action, Heird and Halabi won at #2 (9-7). Junior Milo Barajas-Alexander/Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) and Ferrigno lost at #1 (4-8) and Cardoso and Tanaka fell at #3 (4-8).

Liberty 5, Longwood 2
Singles
1. Marc Ferrigno (LW-M) def. TUUS, Siim (LIBERTYM) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
2. Nobu Tanaka (LW-M) def. STAYT, Tristan (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
3. LEMMI, Giancarlo (LIBERTYM) def. Bruno Orlandini (LW-M) 6-0, 6-4
4. SIMPSON, Chad (LIBERTYM) def. Billy Heird (LW-M) 7-5, 3-6, 16-14
5. STEYN, Louis (LIBERTYM) def. David Cardoso (LW-M) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
6. REYES, Juan (LIBERTYM) def. Adham Halabi (LW-M) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
1. TUUS, Siim/STAYT, Tristan (LIBERTYM) def. Marc Ferrigno/M. Barajas-Alexander (LW-M) 8-4
2. Billy Heird/Adham Halabi (LW-M) def. LEMMI, Giancarlo/SIMPSON, Chad (LIBERTYM) 9-7
3. STEYN, Louis/REYES, Juan (LIBERTYM) def. David Cardoso/Nobu Tanaka (LW-M) 8-4